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Figure 12.13
Select the curves to
simplify them.
Figure 12.14
A simplified curve
for the rotations of
the eight ball
Simplifying curves is a handy way to convert a dynamic simulation to curves. But you
can also use this method to simplify other animation curves, to make it easier to edit
them as you animate the scene. Keep in mind that you may lose fidelity to the original
animation after you simplify a curve, so use this technique with care.
With this methodology, you can bake out the animation of any simulation, from dynam-
ics (as you just did) to constraints and some scripts. The curve simplification works with
good old-fashioned keyframed curves as well; if you inherit a scene from another anima-
tor and need to simplify the curves, do it just as you did here.
